About Willis S. Paine
Lived 1848 – 1927 (aged 78–79). Willis S. Paine was an American lawyer.
Willis Seaver Paine (January 1, 1848 – April 13, 1927) was an American lawyer and banker from New York.
Life Paine was born on January 1, 1848, in Rochester, New York, the son of Robert E. Paine, a Rochester lawyer and District Attorney of Monroe County, and Abby M. Sprague.
Paine was valedictorian of his graduating class in Rochester Collegiate Institute in 1864. He was a student at Williams College, but he graduated with honors from the University of Rochester with an A.B. Ruby was the niece of Samuel J. Tilden.
Paine died in the Plaza Hotel on April 13, 1927. He was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Who was Willis S. Paine?
American lawyer (1848–1927)
When was Willis S. Paine born?
Willis S. Paine was born in 1848 in Rochester.
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Willis S. Paine died in 1927 in Plaza Hotel.
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Willis S. Paine was a lawyer.
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Willis S. Paine was American.
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